Italy's Berlusconi acquitted in starlet bribery trial

By Associated Press

Feb 15, 2023 8:14 pm

MILAN: An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted billionaire former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of bribing witnesses to lie about his notorious 'bunga bunga' parties.

'I can only be enormously pleased,' Federico Cecconi, the lawyer for the 86-year-old media mogul and senator, told reporters after the verdict.

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